translate
part of speech
verb (translate, translates, translated, translating)
meaning for a pupil
1) To translate is to change words from one language into another. tree →
2) To translate is to change something into a different form: «translate a plan into action». tree →
3) (maths) To translate a shape is to slide it to a new position without turning or flipping it. tree →
sense in the lessons
In languages lessons you translate words or sentences. In maths (geometry), a translation moves a shape left, right, up or down: «translate the triangle 3 squares right and 2 up». In everyday life apps translate signs and menus. Phrases: «translate into», «translate from … into …».
examples
- Can you translate this sentence into French? tree →
- My cousin translated the menu for us. tree →
- Translate the square 4 units to the right. tree →
- After a translation, the shape is the same size and faces the same way. tree →
- The book was translated into fifty languages. tree →
- Hard work translated into good marks. tree →
- The app translates spoken words. tree →
note
Noun: translation; person: translator. «Translate from Spanish into English». In maths, a translation keeps size, shape and direction the same; only position changes (unlike rotation or reflection).
In the corpora
- Bots translate short, common phrases well and long or tricky messages less well.
- When you hear them, translate them back: kill, prison, riot, propaganda, false.
- In Auckland, Koa's grandad in Samoa sends voice messages in Samoan; Koa understands half, and his mum translates the rest.
- Reformers translated the Bible from Latin into German, English and other languages so ordinary people could read it themselves.
- In the 1100s scholars in Toledo, in Spain, translated Arabic books into Latin, bringing Greek and Arab science to European readers.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «translate» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.